Change Experimental Proton Weapon

theo1985mars

change experimental proton weapon to 0 weapon drain when firing other weapons , i love the weapon great weapon thanks guys at sto but i dont like proton weapons so that weapon effects my game play big time , and im very sure ether people feel the same way.

dahminus

Needs a change to 360 degrees, a boost to the chance of the crit proc, a giant change to the damage of proc or an upping to the actual damage of the weapon.

majortiraomega

Changing the weapon to a 360 degree fire arc and adding the ability to use subsystem targeting with the weapon (via the three piece bonus) would greatly improve the weapon's quality.

peter1z9

Even giving it a beam array firing arc would be enough. The +3% crit chance (with the universal console) really helps. However, the 2-piece set bonus enables it to work with bfaw...yet it only has a 180 degree firing arc.

induperator

I agree I love the look of the weapon but it's slightly weak by itself it does need some buffs to the Firing Arc and the Proc.

kingstonalan

agreed, its not much stronger than a single turret with a terrible arc

johnsteward

Thats how cryptic loves its special weapons : useless

Same as the lobi elachi weapons, quad cannons and all those other special ones. Maybe the exp rom beam is okay but forget the rest

tpalelena

Yeah this needs to be a 360 beam turret.

overlapo

The whole set makes an awesome shuttle setup along with a rep console that boosts photon Torps and proton damage...
Of course, sadly, shuttles are irrelevant.

nikephorus

I thought it was odd during testing when I noticed it was 180. Should be at least 250 like other beam arrays or even 360 so that it's more useful and versatile. As it is now it's pretty underwhelming.

thegalaxy31

Eh. Just make it 250 and be done with it.

hanover

360 arc, or I will never buy it.

*shrug*

doffingcomrade

Outside of its use as a shuttle weapon, it seems to me that this weapon is basically a loss-leader you toss on your shipbutt for the set bonii, not something that is useful.

chrisbrown12009

I have been thinking. What about on a cruiser/Warbird Single cannon biuld which is set up to crit as much as possible? This thing and the grav torp in front with two polaron+proton DMG, the console for set bonus, with three polaron+proton dmg turrents in the back with a cutting beam. Also using the Entire dyson set to up Proton DMG, and the tac consoles to boost polaron DMG by 31% each?

I want to try this on a DD considering the Dyson set will boost sci ablities so the DD consoles could be used and boosted slightly in power be the dyson set. It will also increase it tanking power and the GW1 due to raising the AUX power. That should also increase the SING powers too.....

As a Single cannon cannon build you have a bit more Arc and as DD you have crowd control, boosted by the Dyson set. As a DD DPS was never going to be your strong suit, youre the "jack of all, master of none" type. Also with Single cannons, you will have a bunch of small shots ALL with a chance to Crit (i am assuming) increasing the amount you crit if not increasing the dmg ONLY, it does up dmg becuase you are getting the proton proc more often....